I mentioned in my 'One Million Words' blog post that I wrote six novels. I also mentioned that I might talk about the six novels. Hey guess what? I REMEMBERED!
The reason I want to talk about these novels is because four of them are a part of a series. One can become a series and the last has been planned to be at least three books. Without these six books I would have never made it to the million so this is my thank you to them. I know that sounds really weird but I'm a writer so weirdness is kind of needed.
Moving on:
Book 1: The Warriors Eight
Length: 165,278
Inspiration: Television.
Plot: We follow the story of the young boy who decides to save the world. Archard is our main character with the P.O.V. He lives in a country ravaged by war because the four kings cannot get along. He doesn't know that though because at the tender age of three he is kidnapped and forceed into becoming a special kind of warrior. It's not as awesome as it seems and he's beaten, tortured and a few other things. Archard escapes and decides to form a group of warriors to save the innocent people from bloodshed. There are a whole bunch of other things going on but I don't want to give up too much of the plot.
Thoughts: I loved writing this, I really did. It's not close to being finished as there are quite a few edits to do and some things don't make sense. It can become a series simply because of how it ends.
Release Date: TBA. Hopefully within the next two years or so.
Book 2: Glory Hole
Length: 145,012
Inspiration: I'm not entirely sure...
Plot: This is erotica. Yeah, I went there. Ha. Anyway, Samuel falls in love. The problem? Samuel is a stripper who can't admit his feelings and his lover is a high-profile business associate who can't admit he likes men. Yes I like to make things complicated.
Thoughts: Samuel is one of my favorite characters to write. He's witty, cute, lovable and just so darned full of anguish over the whole situation that he seems real. The interactions (clothed and unclothed) between the duo were so natural to write. They really fit.
Release Date: Probably never. This was something solely for me. But yes, there are two more books planned for this.
Book 3: The Land of Cara, Book 1: The Otherworlder
Length: 139,050
Inspiration: I used to hang a lot of posters on my ceiling. One day, one of them (a dragon poster) was falling off the ceiling. I had a really bad day and in a fit of rage, ripped it down and tore it up. Then I thought:"What if that had been a real dragon? I just killed it!"
Plot: Emily is our main character and the story starts with her jumping off a bridge. She's then transported to Cara, the country unknowingly under war. She meets Magalia, the Elemental Mage and Ayla, the last Ahkas Metalweaver. What they don't know is the Dark Mages of Cara are planning a coup to take over the country. Again, there's a lot more going on but I don't want to reveal too much.
Thoughts: I recently found out that I'm not so creative with Ayla's name. Look it up. I also never expected this thing to morph into a series. It was supposed to be a stand-alone book but I fell in love with Xeros.
Release Date: TBA. Hopefully in the next two years.
Book 4: The Land of Cara, Book 2: The Dragons
Length: 142,782
Inspiration: Xeros, one of the characters from Book 1.
Plot: Fifty years have passed and Emily has grown into a powerful Mage. The bad news? The Dark Mage Coup did not end. The good news? Emily is in a much better position to stop it. The best news? She's not the only Dragon Summoner in Cara anymore.
Thoughts: I have no idea where some of the plot came from. The whole thing with Drake and Xeros...OMFG! Then Pheobus. Really? I mean, REALLY? It blew my mind and I was the one writing it.
Release Date: TBA, again within the next two years.
Book 5: The Land of Cara, Book 3: The Red-Eyed Mage
Length: 102,777
Inspiration: The final fight in Book 2.
Plot: We meet the fourth Dragon Summoner who turns out to be a lot more important than people first think. I can't go into much detail without destroying the surprises in Book 2. Sorry.
Thoughts: It's way too short but I can't make it any longer. Well I might be able to now that I've left it alone for a bit but it's short. This is probably the shortest novel I've ever written. I think everything just happed so effortlessly because I had most of it planned out.
Release Date: TBA, within the next two years.
Book 6: The Land of Cara: Final Travels
Length: 136,504
Inspiration: The final scene in Book 3. This book never would have existed if my characters had done their job and finished like I wanted them to.
Plot: Sorry, I'm not even getting into it. There's SO MUCH going on and all of it will be spoilers for the prior three.
Thoughts: Awesome. Heart-breaking. THE FREAKING END.
Release Date: TBA, see the others.
These six alone totalled: 831,403 words. That's eighty percent of my 1,000,000 words. That is why I decided to list them. That was my thank-you speech to all the characters (I can't even begin to count how many) in all six and all the little plot bunnies.
I have to say that I'm a bit sad I won't be going into the Cara world again. I could write some side-scenes but I don't think my heart will be into it. As for the other two, I can still have fun with them.
Anyway, that is the summary of what I was working on this year. Until next time: Good night and don't let any demons steal your soul.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Writer's block
The bane of every writer's existence. A short period of time when creative juices stop flowing, muses take a leave of absence and nothing sounds right when written.
There is no cure. This inconvenient period of time must run its course without being forced or hurried. The writer must be patient and wait for muses to come back, juices to flow and things to start sounding right again.
Every writer has experienced it at least once. Some, more often then others. Personally, it always comes right when I suddenly have a lot of free time on my hands and can write for hours without being interrupted. Most of the time it only last a few days. Sometimes a week... this is starting to sound like something else entirely, isn't it? ;)
Anyway, I'm experiencing a bit of writer's block now. I tried writing on Sunday but just couldn't get going. I managed only to get four pages done and I know the next time I read those four pages, I'm going to hate them and want to change them.
On the plus side, I have a load of ideas for other stories. I can still plot and plan, I just can't actually write it. It could however, be an issue of me not being interested in the current story I'm writing. Sad to say, I lost interest in Book Three about three weeks ago and moved onto another novel. Now it seems I've lost interest in that because of a very odd idea that's been poking the back of my mind.
I need a few weeks off so I can get my brain straight and just write whatever for a few days. Oddly, I'd probably end up finishing a novel. Or two. Depending how long I was off and how many of those days I actually sat down and wrote.
The strange thing is, I feel like writing, I just don't know what to write. I guess that's why I'm writing this...ha. Hopefully, I'll get out of this funk soon. Not like I particularly need to, no one's going to be reading anything I write now for a while. And that, may be the problem. I may not be in the mood to write because I'm not getting any comments on anything I write.
Well now, this could turn out to be quite troublesome. There's no true way to get comments on Book three or anything else I'm writing unless I post it live somewhere on the Internet. Well, the good news is, I don't have to post the whole thing. I don't think there is bad news, so I might just give it a whirl.
Then again, I could just need a good couple days of sleep. Yes, days. I am exceptionally tired this week and I am unsure as to WHY. Ah well, whatever it is, I'm sure it will clear itself up.
There is no cure. This inconvenient period of time must run its course without being forced or hurried. The writer must be patient and wait for muses to come back, juices to flow and things to start sounding right again.
Every writer has experienced it at least once. Some, more often then others. Personally, it always comes right when I suddenly have a lot of free time on my hands and can write for hours without being interrupted. Most of the time it only last a few days. Sometimes a week... this is starting to sound like something else entirely, isn't it? ;)
Anyway, I'm experiencing a bit of writer's block now. I tried writing on Sunday but just couldn't get going. I managed only to get four pages done and I know the next time I read those four pages, I'm going to hate them and want to change them.
On the plus side, I have a load of ideas for other stories. I can still plot and plan, I just can't actually write it. It could however, be an issue of me not being interested in the current story I'm writing. Sad to say, I lost interest in Book Three about three weeks ago and moved onto another novel. Now it seems I've lost interest in that because of a very odd idea that's been poking the back of my mind.
I need a few weeks off so I can get my brain straight and just write whatever for a few days. Oddly, I'd probably end up finishing a novel. Or two. Depending how long I was off and how many of those days I actually sat down and wrote.
The strange thing is, I feel like writing, I just don't know what to write. I guess that's why I'm writing this...ha. Hopefully, I'll get out of this funk soon. Not like I particularly need to, no one's going to be reading anything I write now for a while. And that, may be the problem. I may not be in the mood to write because I'm not getting any comments on anything I write.
Well now, this could turn out to be quite troublesome. There's no true way to get comments on Book three or anything else I'm writing unless I post it live somewhere on the Internet. Well, the good news is, I don't have to post the whole thing. I don't think there is bad news, so I might just give it a whirl.
Then again, I could just need a good couple days of sleep. Yes, days. I am exceptionally tired this week and I am unsure as to WHY. Ah well, whatever it is, I'm sure it will clear itself up.
Friday, April 16, 2010
To write or not to write...
I was cruising around the writing.com forums last night and came upon an interesting topic. The original thread creator in the forum had wrote a poem and kept receiving reviews on formatting it with stanzas. The creator of the thread then asked if other authors were questioned to change their own works.
There were a lot of intriguing posts about it doesn't matter or it does but one poster in particular said that if the reader's want something to be changed, as an author you should change it because you do not write for yourself.
I would have to say I'm in disagreement with that statement - to a point. Yes, I can agree with changing something as simple as stanzas but as authors we are given a creative license to write stories as we wish. That is, if a group of fans say our trilogy should end a certain way, and not the way we originally intended, that we should write it as the fans want it.
Now, I'm not saying fans ideas shouldn't be taken into consideration. But there is a fine line on how much an author should change just for the sake of their fans. For example, in Book Two, there may be a death that not every person reading Book Two will agree with. Am I going to change that death because my fans don't like it? No. That would completely change the story and make Book Three a mote point. How the story is told, is how it was meant to be told.
Authors can't make ALL their readers happy, that would be impossible. Somewhere, someone is going to hate something in the particular story and author is writing and well, that person is just going to have to deal with it. I mean, they all ready bought and read the story in question, so isn't that enough? Even if they hate a certain part of it, the story affected them so much so, that they DID develop this hatred. And, isn't the whole point of writing to have someone express emotion over one's works?
Don't get me wrong, I'll take all sorts of suggestions and criticism for anything I write. I might not necessarily change it, but I will consider the idea and wonder if that idea might fit better. And there has been times when something someone has suggested actually does make it into a story.
I would like to say to all authors: Don't be hesitant to write something a certain way just because readers do not like it. It's your tale, let it be told as it is meant to.
To readers: Don't hate the author because your favorite character dies or something happens that you do not like. They made you FEEL after all and that should be appreciated. If you are going to hate an author, hate them for a generic/overused plot, 2d characters, poor grammar, or lack of creativity.
There were a lot of intriguing posts about it doesn't matter or it does but one poster in particular said that if the reader's want something to be changed, as an author you should change it because you do not write for yourself.
I would have to say I'm in disagreement with that statement - to a point. Yes, I can agree with changing something as simple as stanzas but as authors we are given a creative license to write stories as we wish. That is, if a group of fans say our trilogy should end a certain way, and not the way we originally intended, that we should write it as the fans want it.
Now, I'm not saying fans ideas shouldn't be taken into consideration. But there is a fine line on how much an author should change just for the sake of their fans. For example, in Book Two, there may be a death that not every person reading Book Two will agree with. Am I going to change that death because my fans don't like it? No. That would completely change the story and make Book Three a mote point. How the story is told, is how it was meant to be told.
Authors can't make ALL their readers happy, that would be impossible. Somewhere, someone is going to hate something in the particular story and author is writing and well, that person is just going to have to deal with it. I mean, they all ready bought and read the story in question, so isn't that enough? Even if they hate a certain part of it, the story affected them so much so, that they DID develop this hatred. And, isn't the whole point of writing to have someone express emotion over one's works?
Don't get me wrong, I'll take all sorts of suggestions and criticism for anything I write. I might not necessarily change it, but I will consider the idea and wonder if that idea might fit better. And there has been times when something someone has suggested actually does make it into a story.
I would like to say to all authors: Don't be hesitant to write something a certain way just because readers do not like it. It's your tale, let it be told as it is meant to.
To readers: Don't hate the author because your favorite character dies or something happens that you do not like. They made you FEEL after all and that should be appreciated. If you are going to hate an author, hate them for a generic/overused plot, 2d characters, poor grammar, or lack of creativity.
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